Saturday, February 2, 2002

TRINITY MEN’S SQUASH DOWNS HARVARD
FOR 61ST STRAIGHT WIN

Hartford, Conn.- Senior co-captain Rohan Juneja (Bombay, India) dominated in his match at the No. 7 position with a 9-4, 9-0, 9-0 win to lead the Trinity College Bantams to an 8-1 win over the visiting Harvard University Crimson in men’s squash action this afternoon at the newly-dedicated George A. Kellner Squash Center.

Trinity, ranked No. 1 in the nation, improves to 9-0 for the season and extends its winning streak to 61 consecutive matches. Harvard, ranked No. 2 in the nation, falls to 4-1. Trinity has not lost since the 1998 National Intercollegiate Squash Racquets Association (NISRA) Championship finals, which it lost to the Crimson, 5-4.

All eight of Trinity’s wins came by 3-0 scores, including a triumphs by Bantam senior co-captain Lefika Ragontse (Gaborone, Botswana), junior Nickolas Kyme (Pembroke, Bermuda), and sophomore Michael Ferreira (Stamford, England) over nationally-ranked crimson opponents. Harvard freshman Michael Blumberg (Victoria, British Columbia) posted the lone victory for the visitors, 3-1, over Bantam senior Rohan Bhappu (Bombay, India) at No. 5.

 

MATCH RESULTS

1. TC- Bernardo Samper d. Dylan Patterson 3-0 9-2, 9-3, 9-1

2. TC- Michael Ferreia d. James Bullock 3-0 9-2, 9-3, 9-5

3. TC- Lefika Ragontse d. Ziggy Whitman 3-0 9-1, 9-4, 9-5

4. TC- Nick Kyme d. Peter Karlen 3-0 10-8, 9-6, 9-1

5. H- Michael Blumberg d. Rohan Bhappu 3-1 9-5, 9-3, 6-9, 9-7

6. TC- Nadeem Osman d. David Barry 3-0 9-4, 10-8, 9-2

7. TC- Rohan Juneja d. Thomas Storch 3-0 9-4, 9-0, 9-0

8. TC- Pat Malloy d. Asher Hockberg 3-0 9-1, 9-1, 9-5

9. TC- Gaurav Juneja d. Tomo Hamakawa 3-0 9-6, 9-1, 9-2

Trinity (Conn.) 8 Harvard 1